Additional missions

This week was a slow week, because Elder Martin and I got hit by the flu.  I woke up in the middle of the night Tuesday and spent a good amount of time in the restroom until about 10 in the morning Wednesday.  We had a Zone meeting that afternoon which I suited up for and spent most of it sitting on the floor trying to keep color in my face.  I'm feeling much better now, but I still feel sick every time I eat.

Luckily my sickness did not disrupt the baptism of W this Saturday.  Talk about someone who is prepared to receive the gospel.  Her story started with a fire almost 2 years ago.  The missionaries were visiting W's neighbor next door.  The neighbor forgot about some french fries cooking on the stove and the oil ended up burning down the members apartment, and some of W's.  The members of the local ward were able to pitch in and recover quite a bit of W's items.  She said that it made a huge difference on her heart.  It was soon after that the missionaries started coming, and she began learning more about the church.  Another interesting thing about W is she had a degree in religious studies and was a youth minister in another church when her house burned down.  I would say that it prepared her to better receive the message of the restoration.  It was a very sweet baptism and especially simple with a modest turnout of close friends who love her.

In other news there are going to be two new missions in Arizona!!!!!!!!!  Whoppieee!!! The sad news is I won't be here to see it take effect.  There will be a Scottsdale Mission and a Gilbert mission, both of which will effect our mission.  Pretty soon the Mesa mission will be quite a bit smaller than it already is.  Our mission office is in Scottsdale, so it will be rather interesting to see the change.  My prediction is that everything in Scottsdale and Phoenix will be a the new Scottsdale mission and Apache Junction will be given to the Gilbert mission then Mesa will pick up the rest of Mesa west of Country Club south of Main.   Then again I could be totally wrong. 

I am having a wonderful time preaching the gospel.  Today we get to go see a Professional Baseball game.  The last game I went to was Edgar Martinez' last game.  I don't think this will be quite as cool.

Love you all,

Elder Will Davidson

PS:  If anyone wants something to do, letters are still needed, even for us old missionaries. :)